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What's The Deal With Green, Black, White, and Pink Peppercorns?

Peppercorns come in different colors and tastes. Which one is best for which recipes? I'll talk about that in this post. Learn more about peppercorns behind the jump ......

Recipe Recommendation: Spicy Parsnip Soup

Yesterday, we talked about experimenting with spices and winter vegetables. Today, we've found a recipe that does exactly that. It's a spicy parsnip soup from a blog that's all about, well, spice! ...

Good Question: Should Fresh Nutmeg Be Used the Same Way as Ground Nutmeg?

It seems like nutmeg week around here! First we talked about the nutmeg grinder we love, then Emma gave us the full scoop on this common spice. Now reader amt230 has a good question about fresh ground...

Wanting: Peugeot Nutmeg Mill

Nutmeg is much in demand this time of year, and we're cooking with it a lot. Emma is going to tell you all about this spice tomorrow morning, including its origins and some of the dishes it's commonly...

Penzey's Is Coming To The Bay Area!

Attention, Bay Area spice lovers. That ubiquitous spice emporium, Penzey's, is opening their first Bay Area location soon, in Menlo Park....

Ingredient Spotlight: Sumac

While you may have wild sumac growing in your backyard, and you know it's poisonous, there are non-poisonous varieties of sumac that grow in the Middle East that are crushed up in powder and used as a...

Ingredient Spotlight: Long Peppers

Long peppers are the dried fruit of a flowering vine native to Indonesia and Java. Long peppers have been cultivated since ancient times and were used by the Romans to flavor food. After the discove...

Ingredient Spotlight: Sichuan Peppercorns

Once banned in the US as they were thought to carry citrus canker, sichuan (or szechuan) peppercorns have been available here since 2005. Sichuan peppercorns don't actually come from a pepper plant, ...

Ingredient Spotlight: Ras el Hanout

If you like to cook Moroccan food, then one thing you need to have in your spice rack is Ras el Hanout....

Recipe: Mini Molasses Cookies with Lemon Filling

Sandwich cookies have a nearly irresistible appeal for me - I really can't pass up tiny cookies with something gooey in the middle. Why is that, I wonder? Childhood nostalgia? Two cookies for the pric...